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California’s Golden Gate.

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San Francisco, and a message not usually seen in a bank window.

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San Francisco’s diversity is not hard to find.

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Grand Canyon. More than a photo can encompass.

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South Texas, where travelers keep their eyes open.

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Savannah, Georgia, unforgettable in the spring.

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Cherokee, North Carolina, headquarters of Native Americans who averted banishment in the 1830s.

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Great Smoky Mountains arts and crafts.

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Tennessee pioneer cabin.

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Warming up to play in Tennessee.

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The music flows on a warm, Great Smokies spring day.

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Listening contentedly to bluegrass harmony.

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Appalachian coal country, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, where hills are chronically black with coal dust.

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A refuge for miners and their families, transported with them from Old World to New.

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The legendary Black Dog Tavern, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, probably the best-known business in this dry town.

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Nantucket, Massachusetts, 19th Century island capital of the U.S. whaling industry.

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Lobster boats and pots ready to go in Massachusetts.

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Vermonters take their old-time crafts seriously.

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Vermont home of poet Robert Frost.

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Vermont covered bridge. Driving at a trot may bring a fine.

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Rural Vermont, the definition of "bucolic."

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Dressed to fight the Maine mosquitoes, a serious endeavor.

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Maine’s fascinating coast.

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New Brunswick lobsters, almost large enough to be dangerous.

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The Longhorn Saloon in Scenic, South Dakota, a welcome watering hole at the edge of the arid Badlands.

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South Dakota cowboy readies his horse for Fourth of July parade.

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Locals aren’t intimidated by fire truck in the Belle Fourche, South Dakota, July 4 parade.

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Columbus, New Mexico, once unsuccessfully invaded by mounted Mexican bandits.

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Country living in New Mexico.

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The kind of transportation that helped settle the Southwest.

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A New Mexico dietary staple. You see them almost everywhere.

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Music sometimes not hard to find on the streets of New Mexico.

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Beautiful sculpture, as well as other art of all types, is abundant in Santa Fe’s Old Town.

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An eye-catching piece of artistry for sale in a shop on Santa Fe’s Canyon Road.

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No mistaking who heads the household of the Grissoms, near Medford, Oregon.